nuca

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See also: NUCA, nucã, nucă, nucą, Nucă, and ñuca

Ainu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a language of the Sakhalin Island. Compare Orok луча (luča), Nivkh нуча (nuț’a). See also Daur luaaq, Manchu ᠯᠣᠴᠠ (loca), Yakut нуучча (nuucca), Nanai лоча (loca), Evenki лӯча (lūça), Even ню̄чи (ņūci), etc.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nuca (nuca)

  1. a Russian (person)

Proper noun

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nuca (nuca)

  1. Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)
  2. Russian (language)

Synonyms

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ).

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Noun

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nuca f (plural nuques)

  1. nape, back of the neck

Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnu.ka/
  • Rhymes: -uka
  • Hyphenation: nù‧ca

Noun

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nuca f (plural nuche)

  1. (anatomy) nape, back of the neck

Anagrams

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Piedmontese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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nuca f (plural nuche)

  1. nape

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: nu‧ca

Noun

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nuca f (plural nucas)

  1. nape (back part of the neck)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ nuca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ nuca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnuka/ [ˈnu.ka]
  • Rhymes: -uka
  • Syllabification: nu‧ca

Noun

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nuca f (plural nucas)

  1. (anatomy) nape (back of the neck)
    Synonym: cogote

Further reading

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